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/mˈəstər əp/ Listen

verb

Muster v. t. (past & past part. mustered; pres. part. mustering)

To collect and display; to assemble, as troops for parade, inspection, exercise, or the like.

Hence: To summon together; to enroll in service; to get together. "Mustering all its force." "All the gay feathers he could muster."

To muster troops into service (Mil.), to inspect and enter troops on the muster roll of the army.

To muster troops out of service (Mil.), to register them for final payment and discharge.

To muster up, to gather up; to succeed in obtaining; to obtain with some effort or difficulty. "One of those who can muster up sufficient sprightliness to engage in a game of forfeits."

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"Muster up" Quotes from Famous Books

... more. But she had promised Richardson to finish the book. She nerved herself for the task; her sleep was broken, she woke in tears during the night, and burst into tears at her meals. Charmed by her delicious sufferings, she became Richardson's friend for life, though it was long before she could muster up courage to meet him ...

— Hours in a Library, Volume I. (of III.) • Leslie Stephen

... the door, but it was fastened; she flew to the windows, but they were also secured; then the neighbors heard frightful shrieks; it was Assunta calling for help. The cries died away in groans, and next morning, as soon as Vasilio's wife could muster up courage to venture abroad, she caused the door of our dwelling to be opened by the public authorities, when Assunta, although dreadfully burnt, was found still breathing; every drawer and closet in the house had been forced open, and the money stolen. Benedetto never again appeared at Rogliano, ...

— The Count of Monte Cristo • Alexandre Dumas, Pere

... simpering Feast-fattened slaves, as if I had come thither A mendicant suitor for the crumbs of favor That fell beneath their tables. And, at last, Whom should they send me but a Capuchin! Straight I began to muster up my sins For absolution—but no such luck for me! This was the man, this Capuchin, with whom I was to treat concerning the army horses! And I was forced at last to quit the field, The business unaccomplished. Afterwards The duke procured me in three days what I Could not ...

— The Works of Frederich Schiller in English • Frederich Schiller

... two Germans had retreated, deeming the Americans too strong for them. And Tom hoped it would be some time before others could muster up sufficient courage to go aloft, to pit their machines with those of the members of ...

— Air Service Boys Over The Enemy's Lines - The German Spy's Secret • Charles Amory Beach

... infallible—least of all we. Is it possible that we are mistaken? You and Laughlin and I, who are close to it all, are absolutely agreed. But may there not be some important element in the problem that we do not see? Summon and nurse every doubt that you can possibly muster up of the correctness of our view, put yourself on the defensive, recall every mood you may have had of the slightest hesitation, and tell me to-morrow of every possible weak place there may be in our judgment and conclusions.' The next day Anderson handed me ...

— The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page, Volume I • Burton J. Hendrick

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